Pirate Bay Founder Now in Sweden's Hands

Faces one-year sentence for promoting copyright infringement in online file-sharing

The co-founder of The Pirate Bay filesharing website was on Friday detained in Sweden, days after his deportation from Cambodia, officials said.

Gottfrid Svartholm Warg, 27, faces a one-year prison sentence for promoting copyright infringement in his home country.

"The person who was recently arrested in Cambodia, suspected of hacking computer data provider Logica, was placed in detention today (Friday)," said the Swedish public prosecutor's office in a statement.